| dc.description.abstract | Essential Electronic Design Automation (EDA) * A unique, easy-to-understand introduction to the EDA software tools used to design IC microchips * Includes all aspects of EDA: business, technical, tool vendor and end user views, IC and EDA industry trends * Explains (in simple English) the concepts and terminology of IC design issues and the EDA tools that deal with them * Covers the complete range of EDA tools from electronic system-level through front-end functional design, synthesis, and backend physical design * Ideal for non-technical readers in sales, marketing, public relations, legal, finance, students, and new entrants to the EDA, semiconductor or related industries Essential Electronic Design Automation (EDA) demystifies this highly technical industry for anyone with a "need-to-know" about EDA. A friendly, informal introduction to EDA business and technology, clear enough for laypeople yet detailed enough for technical readers. The book also makes an excellent complementary text for cross-disciplinary engineering, business and marketing courses on VLSI Design. | en_us |
